Breathing Room...

Ahhhhhhhhh...... Been a tight few weeks but thankfully I did well last night and now have some breathing room. Placed 2nd in a $20 multi table tournament with a cap of 180 players. Brings my current bankroll up to $760. While 1st place would have been nice, was not meant to be. I ended up pushing my stack hoping to steel his blind with 33, he called with 66. That was that. Good tournament overall. Had a nice run of card half way through. Things slowed down toward the money cut off. Made a few key moves to squeak in to the money. From there, waited for some decent cards, doubled up, then I tripled up, then quadrupled up which let me put the rest of the tournament on autopilot. Well, autopilot is probably not the right word. But it did let me open up my game allowing me to remain aggressive and continue eating up blinds.

I did take one huge bad beat on the final table though. Found myself in the chip lead. I had KK. One short stack pushes all in, I raise my huge stack all in looking to isolate. I have two callers behind me that puts 3 different players all in. Potential was huge here. Knocking 3 out would guarantee some nice cash. As it turns out, the 3 others in the pot turn over A9, A6, and AJ. Seeing these cards turn over, I felt fairly good with my odds. Long story short, flop comes A rag rag. AJ pulls in the pot thus knocking two individuals out which is still beneficial obviously. Luckily, I still had plenty of chips to work with.

Now that I have a little cash in the account, I'm not going to rush in to any major decisions satellite wise. I'm going to pick and choose my targets. Hope to play some tonight, but I find myself pretty tired. My wife's grandmother passed yesterday which had everyone scrambling all day. Ended up being an exhausted evening. Tonight, I may just take it easy and relax. We shall see.

-Adam

Dec. 18th Best Buy Xbox 360 store allocations

As many know, Dec. 18th is D-Day, part II for the xbox 360 at your local Best Buy. Everyone has been offering as much insight as possible but few have offered detailed info on allocations across the country. If you spend any time on xbox 360 forums, you'll see that the following is spreading like wildfire. Get your lawnchair and sleeping bag ready:

To determine your store #, visit best buy's store locater here and input your zip:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=cat12090&type=page&isCarFi=null

Store number - system totals

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This list has been floating around the net... I believe it originates from IGN.

Looking for love?

Be carefull the next time you search for love on google

4 vehicles finish $2 million robot race

Four robotic vehicles finished a Pentagon-sponsored race across the Mojave desert Saturday and achieved a technological milestone by conquering steep drop-offs, obstacles and tunnels over a rugged 132-mile course without a single human command.
Full Story

Where's Blizzard?

With nearly everybody who is anybody in the world of virtual worlds on hand at the State of Play conference here this weekend, the thing no one could figure out was where was Blizzard Entertainment?
Where's Blizzard?

Sunday's Round Up

Few interesting finds today. More to follow.

While this estimation is interesting, I find it hard to believe. What are your thoughts?
Google ETA? 300 years to index the world's info

While a great addition for my PSP, a bit too pricey if you ask me.
4-GB Battery Is Pricey PSP Add-On

If your into graphic design, this will prove very interesting. Great program!
First look at new GIMP

Just thought this was interesting. Apparently there be giant cats in the outback no one thought was there.
Giant Cats in Australia?

Thanks,
Adam

Tuesday Tid Bits

No real surprise on this, but it would appear Apple is prepping their Ipod Video launch. Just think of the possibilities. Porn everywhere you go. Hmmm.
Apple planning launch of video iPod according to AppleInsider

Great for the web developer. Check this out.
Useful Online Tools

Just thought these were cool to look at
Jet Blue landing gear damage (pics)

Not a very detailed article, but worthy of my attention being a long time patron of EB. Somewhat in denial they're really being bought out. Eh, life goes on.
GameStop raises $950 Million to buy EB

-Adam

Today's Finds

Sit back and enjoy today's findings. Some good, some bad and some just lame. When searching I try to find little tid bits that will appeal to many. So, here goes:

Working in the web industry, I found this article right on. It's amazing how many young graphic artists or newbies to the industry want to overwhelm or sometimes do just the opposite and underwhelm their viewers. Give this a good read and learn.
Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2005

Been a lot of hub bub about Nintendo's recent controller announcement. This write up puts an interesting spin on things.
Sony already patented a controller like Nintendo's Revolution

Several words and phrases that started on The Simpsons television series have now become mainstream words or sayings. The most famous of which is Homer's saying: "D'oh!", which is now listed in the Oxford English Dictionary !
Made-up words in The Simpsons

This is pretty cool. Build with legos, virtually. Thought this was pretty neat.
LEGO CAD software, first you create then you build.

Remember all those movies with the meteor hitting earth causing mass destruction? Set your calendar...here it comes, maybe.
Asteroid to hit Earth on Sunday, April 13, 2036?

Nice little tool for page ranking stats. Some good links afterwards as well.
Check all you website rankings

Actually found this link more useful.
http://www.iwebtool.com/backlink_checker

Tis enough for this evening. Enjoy.
-Adam

Today's Picks

A little pricey, but proof that we are nearing The Jetsons era.
$575,000 Skycar for sale on UK website..with 8 videos!!

While the previous link pushes us into the future, this one takes us back, way back. Won’t be long before a real version of Jurassic Park is upon us. An interesting read though.
Prehistoric spider find sparks 'Jurassic Park' hopes

This is just plain cool. A coaster that electronically informs your bartender that you’re in need of a frosty refill. That’s all well and good, now if they could make the bartender give a damn, then they’ll be on to something. Perhaps an electrical shocking mechanism? Hmm.
Beer mat knows when it is refill time


If I come across anything else interesting, I’ll be getting them posted later this evening.

-Adam